IP Library Granted Patent US 9,894,542
Granted Patent B2
US 9,894,542 · App. 14/114,574 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Method, system and device for delivering minimization of drive-tests measurement configuration parameters

Inventors: Aijuan Liu (Beijing, CN); Yan Wang (Beijing, CN); Yi Yang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
H04W24/08H04W24/10H04W36/08
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Patent No.
US 9,894,542
App. No.
14/114,574
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present application discloses a method, system and apparatus for transmitting Minimization of Drive-Tests (MDT) measurement configuration parameters, relate to the field of wireless communications and address the problem that a User Equipment (UE) can not perform MDT measurement when the UE is configured by the network side to perform MDT measurement. In the present application, a Mobility Management Entity (MME) receives MDT measurement configuration parameters of a user equipment transmitted from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS); the MME determines whether cell list information in the MDT measurement configuration parameters includes information of a cell controlled by a base station controlling a serving cell of the user equipment; and the MME transmits the MDT measurement configuration parameters to the base station serving the user equipment when the result of determination is YES. With the invention, the problem of the UE failing to perform MDT measurement can be avoided.

Claims (22)

1. A method of transmitting Minimization of Drive-Tests (MDT) measurement configuration parameters, the method comprising:

a Mobility Management Entity (MME) receiving MDT measurement configuration parameters of a user equipment transmitted from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS); and

the MME transmitting the MDT measurement configuration parameters to a base station serving the user equipment upon determining that cell list information in the MDT measurement configuration parameters includes information of a cell controlled by the base station controlling a serving cell of the user equipment;

wherein the serving cell is absent in the cell list; and the cell controlled by the base station controlling the serving cell of the user equipment is one cell, to which the user equipment subsequently hands over and needs to perform the MDT measurement, other than the serving cell of the user equipment, controlled by the base station.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the MME receives the MDT measurement configuration parameters of the user equipment transmitted from the HSS, the method further comprises:

the MME receiving an initial user equipment message transmitted from the base station serving the user equipment, wherein the initial user equipment message is a message transmitted from the base station after establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the user equipment in an idle status; and the MME transmitting an update location request message to the HSS to request the HSS for updating the location of the user equipment in a network; and

the MME receiving the MDT measurement configuration parameters of the user equipment transmitted from the HSS comprises:

the MME receiving an update location answer message returned from the HSS, wherein the update location answer message carries the MDT measurement configuration parameters of the user equipment.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the MME receiving the MDT measurement configuration parameters of the user equipment transmitted from the HSS comprises:

the MME receiving an insert subscriber data message transmitted from the HSS, wherein the insert subscriber data message carries the MDT measurement configuration parameters of the user equipment accessing a network.

4. A Mobility Management Entity (MME), the MME comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions and the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

receive MDT measurement configuration parameters of a user equipment transmitted from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS);

determine whether cell list information in the MDT measurement configuration parameters includes information of a cell controlled by a base station controlling a serving cell of the user equipment; and

transmit the MDT measurement configuration parameters to the base station serving the user equipment when determining that the cell list information in the MDT measurement configuration parameters includes information of the cell controlled by the base station controlling the serving cell of the user equipment;

wherein the serving cell is absent in the cell list; and the cell controlled by the base station controlling the serving cell of the user equipment is one cell, to which the user equipment subsequently hands over and needs to perform the MDT measurement, other than the serving cell of the user equipment, controlled by the base station.

5. The MME according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured:

to receive an initial user equipment message transmitted from the base station serving the user equipment before the MDT measurement configuration parameters of the user equipment transmitted from the HSS is received, wherein the initial user equipment message is a message transmitted from the base station after establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the user equipment in an idle status; and

to transmit an update location request message to the HSS to request the HSS for updating the location of the user equipment in a network; and

to receive the MDT measurement configuration parameters of the user equipment transmitted from the HSS comprises:

to receive an update location answer message returned from the HSS, wherein the update location answer message carries the MDT measurement configuration parameters of the user equipment.

6. The MME according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured:

to receive an insert subscriber data message transmitted from the HSS, wherein the insert subscriber data message carries the MDT measurement configuration parameters of the user equipment accessing a network.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 057452/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2013
From: LIU, AIJUAN; WANG, YAN; YANG, YI
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 031499/0123 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2011 1 0112563 · Apr 29, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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